Learning About Lux: Light and Solar Eclipses
Lessons
Students will observe, measure, record and graph light levels during a real or simulated solar eclipse.
3 Part Math Task - Modeling a Total Solar Eclipse
Lessons
Students will learn about the size and position of the Sun, moon and Earth during a solar eclipse using a 3-Part Math Task.
Dominique Poulin
Career Profiles
Mission Scientist
Lenny and Lexie Get Ready for a Solar Eclipse
Hands-on Activities
Help Lenny and Lexie get ready for a solar eclipse using your unplugged coding skills.
Let’s Learn About Solar Eclipses
Lessons
Students will learn about solar eclipses by role-playing the Sun, the Moon and the Earth.
Three Ways to Make a Solar Eclipse Viewer
Hands-on Activities
Safely view a solar eclipse by making and using a pinhole solar eclipse viewer.
How can you adapt communications to overcome interference?
Hands-on Activities
Challenge yourself to communicate through a simulated geomagnetic storm.
Solar Storms: Exploring the Sun's Explosive Outbursts
Backgrounders
Learn about solar storms and how they impact Earth.
Observing and Predicting Space Weather in Canada
Backgrounders
Learn about how Canadian scientists observe and predict space weather.
Auroras: Spectacular Light Shows
Backgrounders
Learn about auroras - spectacular light shows in the night sky.
Get Ready for a Total Solar Eclipse!
Backgrounders
Learn all about solar eclipses.
The Magnetic Sun
Backgrounders
Did you know that the Sun, like Earth, has magnetic field? This field affects our planet and our solar system! Let’s learn more about how it works.
Introducing the Sun
Backgrounders
Learn the basics of the star we call the Sun.
Julie Hlavacek-Larrondo (she/her)
Career Profiles
Astrophysicist and Associate professor